These are some of the talks I have been submitting to conferences & their status. Feel free to comment on what you think could make them better. Other talks will be added as I work on them.

talks-ember

Talk Title: The URL is Everything - A journey from jQuery to Ember

Abstract :

I honestly used to hate on Frameworks. I built things with Backbone & Marionette, then I tried Angular, but it wasn't until I built something with Ember that I found the real next step from just using jQuery.

Ember embraces the web and if you let it, it'll take you on a journey from the URL right down to components. You have to give up on a few things though, slightly change your thinking and there is a bit of a learning curve, but in exchange you get the opportunity to create beautiful web apps with solid foundations.

Let me take you on a personal journey where I went from the humble beginnings of Ember, to a place where I felt comfortable knowing how to execute tasks with it. 

Submitted to:

jQuery Chicago ( DECLINED )

talks-gulp

Talk Title : Crossing the streams: Gulp for the greater good

Abstract:

Gulp is making something of a dent in the developer tool chain, and so it should be. Gone are the days of configuration files and writing temporary files to disk, here are the days of streams.

5 functions, idiomatic node style, code over configuration and a growing eco-system, your journey with Gulp.js starts here.

This talk starts with the basics and quickly moves into live examples of using Gulp and it's benefits over other build tools.

Submitted to: 

EmpireJS    ( DECLINED )
ConvergeCX  ( ACCEPTED )

talks-meteor

Talk Title : Make Mine Meteor : Build real-time applications in Hyper-speed time


Abstract :

Embrace the inner JavaScript developer and set yourself free with MeteorJS. Meteor is a full stack JavaScript framework that lets you create full stack - real time applications, quickly and with little difficulty.

Meteor offers a smart abstraction away from things like OAuth, A Mongo Database and templating. Very little configuration, a giant ecosystem and 7 principles that make it awesome.

Some things that will be answered in this presentation.

How do you get started with Meteor?
Why should you consider Meteor?
Where will Meteor applications run?
What types of applications are being built using Meteor?
Does Meteor Scale?
Live Code / Demo time


Submitted to:

ScotlandJS        ( DECLINED )
From the Front    ( awaiting reply )
FrontEnd Dev Conf ( awaiting reply )
FuturesJS         ( DECLINED )
JSDay             ( DECLINED )
EmpireJS          ( DECLINED )
Cascadia JS       ( awaiting reply )

talks-stylus

Talk Title: Getting Sassy with Stylus

Abstract :

Sass gets a lot of love, so does Less, but maybe you are missing out on something great?

Let me show you the power of Stylus. No Ruby dependency, Similar syntax to Sass and additional features not found in either Sass or Less - there's no reason that you should be holding back yourself.

* See the Syntax in action
* See the features missing in other preprocessor
* See how to get Stylus into your workflow
* Fall in love with a new processor

Submitted to:

CSS DevConf ( DECLINED )
CSS ConfEU  ( DECLINED )

talks-what-i-wish-knew

Inspired by Adam Savages' 10 Commandments for makers, I decided to think about some of the things that I would tell myself if I could go back in time to just before I started programming. What I came up with was something I hope can be relatable to those who've been programming for a while and reassuring to those who've just started.

The principles raised in this talk are directed at the programmer community, but are easily applicable to any creative endeavour really. I hope for it to be fun to listen to and with the hopes of being a little bit uplifting and inspirational. 

I have a post that is pretty much sums up the talk in written form :

http://www.shaundunne.com/what-i-wish-i-knew/


Submitted to:

Full Frontal  ( awaiting reply )
LXJS          ( awaiting reply )
PoweredbyJS   ( awaiting reply )
Code Impact   ( awaiting reply )
Re:work LDN   ( awaiting reply )
CSS ConfEU    ( DECLINED )
NationJS      ( awaiting reply )
One Shot Node ( NO REPLY )